Utena Masataka

Utena Masataka is a Japanese film decorator based in Tokyo, Japan, currently affiliated with Toho Eizo Bijutsu Co., Ltd. During his student years, Utena worked part-time on commercial sets and was inspired to pursue a career in the film industry after visiting a film set of Kurosawa Akira. In 1990,…

Ishiyama Katsumi

Ishiyama Katsumi is a Japanese actor and television host based in Tokyo. After leaving Meiji University’s Faculty of Literature, he joined the NBK Theatre Company in 1954. He has since worked across theater, film, television, and radio. (Source: MyDramaList)

Umeura Yoichi

Umeura Yoichi is a Japanese television and film producer born in Tokyo. He has served as the head of Toho Television and as the President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha. In 1993, Umeura became President of Tokyo Eiga Shinsha, a subsidiary of Toho, where he continued his work in television film production. However,…

Endo Haru

Endo Haru was a Japanese voice actress from Tokyo. She was affiliated with Gekidan Shiki, Talent Agent, Tokyo Actor's Pro, Gekidan Ars Nova, and Gekidan Bara-za before joining Aoni Production. Endo passed away on September 20, 1999, at the age of 66. (Source: MyDramaList)

Tamiya Torahiko

Tamiya Torahiko was a Japanese novelist born in Tokyo and raised in Kobe. Due to his father's seafaring job, he moved frequently. Tamiya attended the First Kobe Middle School and the Third Higher School, graduating in 1933. He studied Japanese literature at Tokyo Imperial University, where he participated…

Ichikawa Kazuko

Ichikawa Kazuko is a former Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. In 1954, she joined Daiei Film Company and made her debut the same year in the Daiei film "Shiroi Fuji no Mine". (Source: MyDramaList)

Kishi Kotaro

Kishi Kotaro is a former Japanese actor and singer born in Tokyo, Japan. His real name is Ishikawa Kotaro (石川浩太郎). From 1989, he changed his name to Onodera Mitsuru (小野寺充). At one point, he directed adult films under his real name. (Source: MyDramaList)

Ishihara Tatsumi

Ishihara Tatsumi is a Japanese actor and voice actor from Tokyo, Japan. He is affiliated with Chikyugi and was previously associated with En Theatrical Group, Shinkokugeki, Cosmo Project, and Stardas 21. (Source: MyDramaList)

Sana

Sana is a former Japanese gravure idol born in Tokyo, Japan. She was affiliated with Metal Box. She began her career as a gravure idol in 2004. In 2008, she took a break from her entertainment activities, and her blog ceased updating after September 5 of the same year. However, in January 2009, she…

Tsuji Imari

Tsuji Imari is a Japanese actress born in Tokyo, Japan. She began her career with Shin Tsukiji Gekidan in April 1937 until its dissolution. She then joined Mizuho Gekidan in 1943, which later merged into Haiyuza Theater Company, where she stayed until August 1962. In 1963, she moved to Gekidan Nakama…

Ao ga Chiru

Follows the lives of members of a tennis club at a college near Tokyo. Based on the popular novel of the same name by Miyamoto Teru, this drama marked the debut of Ishiguro Ken. (Source: DramaWiki)

Luminous Woman

7.1

A hulking man from the country pursues his beloved to the underworld of Tokyo nightclubs, where he finds work as a sideshow wrestler and becomes involved with a faded opera singer. (Source: TMDb)

Free and Easy

5.6

Densuke Hamazaki is an office worker at Suzuki Construction and gets transferred to the main Tokyo office. After settling in to his surrounding along with his wife Eri, Densuke befriends an elderly man named Ichinosuke…

Carlos

V-cinema classic about a wanted Brazilian Japanese gangster who flees to Tokyo and fights yakuza. (Source:TMDb)

Kimi no Na wa

6.0

A story of a man and a woman who meet amid the Great Tokyo Air Raid in 1945. ~~ Adapted from the radio drama "Kimi no Na wa" [1952]. ~~ The 46th NHK asadora renzoku drama.

The Locksmith

2.0

Koji Mizutani is a locksmith who works with bicycles of Fukagawa Rock Service in downtown Tokyo. (Source: Japanese = Wikipedia || Translation = MyDramaList) ~~ Adapted from the novel "Kagishi" (鍵師) by Otani Fumio…

Taniguchi Rokusan Shoten

"Taniguchi Rokusan Shoten" is a rice cracker shop that continues for five generations in downtown Tokyo. The owner, Shigeru Izumiya, is stubborn and super energetic. However, he would like to pass his business on to…

Kidnapping Blues

6.8

A man and a little girl meet in a bicycle parking in Tokyo. The little girl says she wants to watch the sea, and their travel begins. The man has no conscience of being a kidnapper. He asks the girl to phone her mother…

Carnival in the Night

Japanese independent filmmaker Masashi Yamamoto wrote and directed this purposefully gritty look at life amidst Tokyo's underground music and art scene. Kumi (Kumiko Ota) sings with a new wave band that is struggling…

Saikai

A fairy tale drawing of a love story between men and women set in Tokyo. Reiko Mochizuki (Chikako Kaku) is a 29-year-old career woman who works for a cosmetics company. She's bright and beautiful, but can't always…